Wild Grape Leaves I, from Series of Five Plant and Flower Lithographs

Ellsworth Kelly's *Wild Grape Leaves I* is a lithograph printed on Rives BFK paper that exemplifies his keen ability to distill natural forms into bold, elegant contour lines. The work captures the organic silhouette of wild grape leaves with a precise yet fluid clarity, reducing the subject to its essential shape while retaining a sense of living vitality. As part of his *Series of Five Plant and Flower Lithographs*, this piece reflects Kelly's lifelong practice of observing nature and translating it into works that balance botanical specificity with refined minimalist abstraction.